Job openings at CCC

CCC is seeking 1) an Operation Manager to supervise CCC tours and programs registration and enquiries; 2) tour registration coordinator to help with enquiries and booking of programs and tours,
If you know of any local Chinese friend (male/female) who’s proficient in oral English, dynamic, friendly, and enthusiastic, coupled with a budding passion for the tourism and cultural arena, please do not hesitate to let us know !  Click here to view job descriptions
 

New Cultural Programmes

Chinese Shadow Puppetry Talk
Wednesday, August 10, 19:30-21:00

The traditional shadow puppetry in China has steadily been losing the battle with television and video games. CCC presentation will profile four artists and companies currently practicing shadow puppetry. Their situations illustrate the current state of shadow puppetry in China. >>> more

Songzhuang Contemporary Artists Village Tour
Saturday, Aug.13, 09:00-16:00

Songzhuang Village is China's largest contemporary artist community. It is different with 798 Art Zone crowded with galleries. CCC makes appointments with a handful of artists who will allow you into their farmer's homes or rental studios. >>> more

Morning Zen Meditation Class
Every Thursday, 10:30-12:00

Join us each week for an insight into the teachings and practices of Zen Buddhism. We'll be guided on our journey of self-discovery by a Buddhist layman and learn about Zen through its music, its stories, its art, its rituals & martial arts. >>> more

Chinese Medicine Lecture: Fundamental Theory of the Body and the Cosmos

Tuesday, August 16, 13:00-14:30

This lecture looks into the traditional system models that are the backbone of traditional Chinese medicine, Yin/Yang, Five elements and the Eight parameters, and explains how they are used to analyze the body and understand illness. >>> more

Talk: The Truth about Eunuchs
Tuesday, Aug.16, 10:00-12:00

The Truth about Eunuchs is an attempt to clear the air about many misconceptions that exists about Chinese eunuchs. Conducted in English, the talk will explain what a eunuch was (probably not what most people think), the effects of castration, what the emperors used them for and why, and where they came from. Researcher Tang from China History Archives will be on hand to answer questions. >>> more

Guqin Music & Poetic Songs
Wednesday, August 17, 19:30-21:00

During this special event you will have the opporuntity to experience in very close distance Prof Han's guqin music and listen to a few of his adorable young students perform and sing. Guqin is known for its beautiful and uplifting style of playing. >>> more

Chinese Medicine Lecture: The Significance of the Internal Organs
Thursday, August 18, 13:00-14:30

The meanings conveyed by the word Liver are vastly different in Chinese medicine than those of modern science. In this class we explore the TCM view of the internal organs and their connection to the rest of the body. >>> more

Chinese Medicine Lecture: The Role of Acupuncture Channels
Tuesday, August 23, 13:00-14:30

What are acupuncture channels? Are they just lines that that connect the points of acupuncture, or are they more than that? This class explores the role of acupuncture channels as both conveyors of nutrients and communication channels. >>> more

Talk: China's Rural-Urban Migrant Workers
Wednesday, August 24, 19:30-21:00

CCC invites speaker to share with you history of migrant workers, the plight (living and working conditions, discrimination, social securities, and their kids education, etc.) and way out based on gradual change of governmental regulations. >>> more

Chinese Medicine Lecture: Pathogenic Factors Inside and Out
Thursday, August 25, 13:00-14:30

Upsetting the Balance - Pathogenic Factors Inside and Out. When we catch a cold are we really “catching” some “cold”? In this class find out how pathogens are classified and how the body deals with them. The lecture will be done in English. >>> more

Feng Shui Course - Xuan Kong Flying Star
Monday & Wednesday, Aug.29-Sep.21,10:00-12:00

Alvin Ang, Singapore practitioner and trainer, gives Xuan Kong Flying Star Feng Shui course on how to plot, read and interpret a chart of any house in any period; how to activate Wealth and people luck; and practical audit. >>> more

Chinese Medicine Lecture: four ways of Diagnosis

Tuesday, August 30, 13:00-14:30

Chinese medicine still relies on techniques developed hundreds of years ago to diagnose illness. How do we determine the nature of an illness and find its source? Simple, we look, touch, smell, listen and ask. >>> more

Lecture: Chinese Population
Wednesday, Auguest 31, 19:30-21:00

How did the China's population reach its present level and its One-Child policy come about? What are the real facts with regard to sex ratio at birth, the labour force, population aging, the urban and rural population distribution and their implicati >>> more

Upcoming Tours
 

Songzhuang Contemporary Artists Village Tour
Saturday, Aug.13, 09:00-16:00

Songzhuang Village is China's largest contemporary artist community. It is different with 798 Art Zone crowded with galleries. CCC makes appointments with a handful of artists who will allow you into their farmer's homes or rental studios. >>> more

Huanghuacheng Great Wall and Little West Lake
Sunday, August 14, 08:30-17:00

Enjoy a rugged but moderate hike on the Great Wall and then a leisurely hike down a mountain overlooking the scenic Little West Lake. The Wall is submerged under water in the Lake damage from aerial bombings that happened in World War II. >>> more

Sleeping on the Great Wall Jinshanling
Sat.3pm - Sun.4pm, August 20-21

The hike between Jinshanling and Gubeikou Great Wall gives you a truly authentic wall experience and breathtaking views in relative isolation. Sleeping overnight on the Wall (camping or in the watchtower is the coolest experience ever ! >>> more

Backstreet Beijing Walk - Zhushikou & Xiannongtan
Wednesday, Aug.24, 10:00-13:00

Explore a protestant church and neighborhood and hutong south of Zhushikou till to the ancient imperial altar dedicated to the first farmer of China. Once shared the same size of the Temple of Heave with royal level of architecture. >>> more

Experience Real Life in Xilin Gol Inner Mongolia Grassland
Aug 13-14

Unlike most Inner Mongolian grassland resort tours, which features concret yurts, crowded tourists and noisy entertainment, this Xilin gol grassland tour will visit Mongol families and stay in their authentic yurts and experience their life. >>> more

Fishermen's life on an Island near Dalian
August 19-21

This tour offers visitors the rare opportunity to experience the life and landscape of the remote fishing villages on an island in Northern China. You'll also get to visit Dalian, China's famous coastal city. >>> more

Pingyao Town - Raise the Red Lanterns
August 19 eve.-21

Listed as UNESCO Heritage Site, this exotic ancient city and city walls bring you back to the history and the atmosphere and environment like the Europeans back to the Middle Age Europe, and the awesome walls and carvings of the Wang Family Residence >>> more

The most Sacred Taoist Mountain Wudang
Aug 26-28

Wudang Shan (Mountain) is number one in the hierarchy of sacred Daoist mountains. Monasteries & Buildings on the summit were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994, and has long been known as a centre for Chinese martial arts. >>> more

Ningxia's pyramid & Inner Mongolia Sand Dunes
Aug 26-28

Ningxia's famous sites include Xixia Dynasty Tombs and the earth Ming Great Wall. Then the journey will cross the border into Inner Mongolia desert dunes. Climbing aboard a military truck or jeep and drive up and over the shifting sand dunes. >>> more

Experience Real Life in Xilin Gol Inner Mongolia Grassland
Aug 27-28

Unlike most Inner Mongolian grassland resort tours, which features concret yurts, crowded tourists and noisy entertainment, this Xilin gol grassland tour will visit Mongol families and stay in their authentic yurts and experience their life. >>> more

Two-day Tour to Datong (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
Aug 27-28

Join this weekend tour to see the second-largest of the nearly 51,000 sandstone statues of Buddha in 53 Yungang grottoes. Buddhist cave art began here in Datong, 160 miles west of Beijing, in the fifth century, by Xianbei minority, which ruled North >>> more